Do you know of Shell Rock Falls ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Shell Rock Falls. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Shell Rock Falls.<1>

Our sources for Shell Rock Falls (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Shell Rock Falls other than they indicate that Shell Rock Falls would be found somewhere in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1855 and closed  in 1872.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shell Rock Falls ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Shell Rock Falls:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Cerro Gordo County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Cerro Gordo County.